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Volume III Long' Beach, Calif., April 4, 1936 Number XIII
FOUR ADMIRALS TO RETIRE FLASH! FLASH! THE CRUISE
Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, CinC,
U. S. Fleet; Rear Admiral Y ate s
:; iterlin!!:, Commandant 3rd Naval Dis­trict;
Rear Admiral William H. Stand­ley,
Chief of Naval Operations; a' 1 I
Rear Admiral Edward H. Campbell,
Commandant of the 12th Naval Dis
trict, will reach retirement age this
year. Admiral Reeves and Admiral
Standley will reach retirement age
in December, while it is reported
Admiral Sterling will retire in April
and Admiral Campbell in May.
•••
CREDENTIALS
Credentials of all " shell- backs" are
now bein!!: examined by the committee.
It does not seem to be the attitude of
the " examining board" to accept ver­bal
testimony. Such testimony must
be amply supported bY' documentary
evidence. It might be well for all those
who are facing the necessary initation
to consider very heavy life insurance
' policies before leaving for the south­ern
hemisphere. The HOUSTON does
not have the reputation of half- way
doin!!: things. Charges are now being
drawn up against a number of men
who are known to be " polly- wogs".
A defense, however strong, ",; 11 avail
nothing. • 0 person has ever been
acquitted at the equator.
• •
. S. AVAL ACADEMY L · CREA8. E
Legislation authorizing the Secre­tary
of the. avy to make 20 appoint­ments
to the Naval Academy from
among members of the Naval ROTC
and from honor graduates of " honor
schools" became law February 27th.
The following despatch from Com­mander
Scouting Force, upon comple­tion
of exercises, is quoted:
" FROM COMCRUSCOFOR TO HOU­STON
" VELL DONE' ".
•••
CLEAR RECORD
With pleasure we announce t hat
Shanks, Wo Vo, MMlc, Uo S. ., re­ceived
a Good- Conduct Pin this morn­ing
at quarters for muster. The pre­sentation
was made by the Command­ing
Officer.
• I •
DECORATIO. OF GRAVES
The Chaplains at Fort Meyer, Vir­ginia
and the Presidio of San Fran­cisco,
California, have tendered their
service!>, without renumeration, to the
personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and the Coast Guard, to decor­ate
the graves of such of their de­ceased
relatives and friends as are
interred, respectively, in Arlington
National Cemetery, for Memorial Day,
May 30, 1936.
It is believed that undoubtedly
many officers and enlisted men, and
their families, who cannot personally
attend to it, will desire to avail them­"
elves of this opportunity to have the
graves of their loved ones cared for
on ahis ocasion.
The plan is to provide a standard
floral emblem in the form of a wreath
twenty- two inches ( 22") in diameter
carrying a large bunch of flowers for
the sum of $ 2.01). To faciliatate the
handling of funds and the ordering of
floral pIeces, it is desired that the
standard emblem be used so far as it
will be acceptable. However, if some
( Continued on l'age Four)
A conference was held last Sunday
afternoon with Mr. Robert F. Kerr
of Thomas Cook & Son in regard to
certain proposed sight- seeing trips
in Chile.
A half- day sight- seeing trip in the
city of Valparaiso will be offered on
Thursday, 28 May. The excursion will
be made by motor cars with guides,
passing through the business and resi­dential
sections, to the stadium, forti­cations,
to Ville Del Mar, fashionable
bathing resort, to the Casino and
Nuramar Beach, etc. The cost for the
trip is $ 5.00. It is possible that the
price may be reduced by fifty or
seventy- five cents in case a large
number of men deside to make the
trip. At any rate, one may consider
that the expenses will be $ 5.00.
IMPORTANT
We must determine on or about 20
April the number of men who desire
to make the trip to Santiago. The
railroad company can handle great
mass movements much better if they
are informed early. Quite likely all
men will be asked on 20 April to indi­cate
whether or not they desire to
make the Santiago trip.
A like trip on 30 May to Santiago
will be offered to accomodate men who
had the duty on 29 May.
It is important that we determine
how many men wish to make the trip.
We must have 150 men in order to get
the reduced rate.
TO SA TIAGO
Special train will leave Valparaiso
on Friday, 29 May, for Santiago, the
Capitol of Chile and fourth largest
city in South America. All hands will
have luncheon at a leading hotel in
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